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A person sitting in a chair in a satellite feels weightless because (a) the earth does not attract the objects in a satellite (b) the normal force by the chair on the person balances the earth's attraction (c) the normal force is zero (d) the person in satellite is not accelerated. |
Answer» (c) the normal force is zero EXPLANATION: Only (c) is correct. The weight and the centrifugal force balance each other, hence the normal force is zero. |
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